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Music Biz 2017 - Day 4 Blog

And just like that Music Biz 2017 is over. 4 days of intensive workshops, seminars, and networking, concluded with an award luncheon that honored Reba McEntire, Paula Abdul, Adele, Lukas Graham, Maren Morris, and Hamilton Mixtape.

There isn't a better music conference in the world in my opinion, so here is my take away from the final day. I hope these notes will help you on your journey.

Record labels are not spending much time in the artist development business, rather like finshed products or close to it. Touring is where a lot of artist develop. Perform as much as possible. You're going to make majority of your money on live shows.

You can be your own publisher, just make sure you copyright your song, and join a PRO such as ASCAP, BMI, SESAC.

Persistence and Politeness is essential to your longevity in the music industry.

If you are an manager find every opportunity to join conversations to talk about your artists. Nobody else is going to believe in your artist if you don't.

If you are an artist, a good stage name is 80% of your marketing. Is your artist name working for or against you?

Know how to communicate what and who you are. People have 5-10 seconds to process early information.

As important as every aspect that goes into the music industry is, it all begins with a song!

Thank you Music Biz 2017 for an educating, motivating, and inspiring week. The entire organization did a fantastic job. For more information on the Music Business Association, check out their website www.MusicBiz.org